Houston panchang, 24 May 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 20:11 Moonrise 14:27 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 20:11- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:50 – 13:46
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 15:01
- Gulika Kalam 16:45 – 18:28
- Durmuhurta 18:21 – 19:16
- Rahu Kalam 18:28 – 20:11
- 16:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
20:11 to 06:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 20:11 – 22:14
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:37 Moon enters Virgo
- 06:17 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 18:01
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 16:21 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 17:14
- Karana Kaulava until 18:01, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 16:21 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 18:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:37 Moon enters Virgo
- 06:17 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 15:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:14 – 18:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 18:21 – 19:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 18:28 – 20:11
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:03 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:50 – 13:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 20:11 – 22:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:21 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:24 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:08 – 09:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:51 – 11:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:35 – 13:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:18 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:01 – 16:45 | Good |
| Rog | 16:45 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 18:28 – 20:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:11 – 21:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:08 – 06:24 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:36 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:00 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:55 Aries
- 05:55 – 07:50 Taurus
- 07:50 – 10:05 Gemini
- 10:05 – 12:26 Cancer
- 12:26 – 14:45 Leo
- 14:45 – 17:02 Virgo
- 17:02 – 19:23 Libra
- 19:23 – 21:42 Scorpio
- 21:42 – 23:46 Sagittarius
- 23:46 – 01:27 next day Capricorn
- 01:27 – 02:53 next day Aquarius
- 02:53 – 04:17 next day Pisces
- 04:17 – 05:51 next day Aries
- 05:51 – 06:24 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CDT (UTC-5) · Method